Rotary engine.



A. J. CHARLTON.

ROTARY ENGINE. I APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 5, 1901.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

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A. J. CHARLTON.

ROTARY ENGINE.

I APPLIUATION I'ILBD AUG. 5, 1907.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

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' A. CHARLTON.

ROTARY ENGINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.5, 1907.

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A; J. CHARLTON.

ROTARY ENGINE. APPLICATION nun was, 1901.

' Patented Jan, 5, 1909.

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the casing a ing the charge in the recess b.

ALBERT JQHN CHARLTON, OF BENNETT, IOWA.

ROTARY ENGINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented can. a, 1909.

Application filed August 5, 1907. Serial No. 387,250.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT J. CHARLTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bennett, in the county of Cedar and State of Iowa, have invented. anew and useful Rotary Engine, of which the following is a specification.

My inventionis an improvement in rotary engines, and consists .in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings forming a part hereof-Figure 1 is a side view of my improvement with part of the casing broken away. Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3 is a vertical section. v Fig. 4 is an end view. Fig. 5 is aplan view of the air pump. Fig. 6 is a side view ofthe air tank, and Fig. 7 is a side view of the gasolene tank.

In the present embodiment of my invention, the rotor comprises a disk. or wheel a, secured to a shaft a, which is journaled in The diskor wheel is pro vided on its periphery with a plurality of recesses b, of the shape shown in Fig. 1, and in each of said recesses is hinged a vane 0, the pivots d of-the vane being journaled in the sides of the disk. The vane is curved on an arc of the periphery of the wheel, and is.

pivoted eccentrically." A rod 6 is arranged transversely of the recess as shown in'Fig. 1

to limit the swinging movement of the door for a purpose to be presently described.

The casing a", has formed therein a chamber h, the said chamber being shaped on the arc of a circle having the same center as the shaft to which the disk is secured.

The explosive compound is admitted to the recesses 12, through a ort m in the disk, which is adapted to register with a longitudinal slot 91. in the caslng, the said slot being the opening of a pipe Z leading from a s'eriesof asolene coils k.

It will e not-iced that the slot. at extends over a considerable arc, so that the. port on is in communication therewith throu h a considerable period of the travel 0 the disk. At 2', a sparker is arranged for ignit- As soon as the. charge is ignited, the'force of the explosion swings the vane 0 into the position shown at the top of the disk in Fig. 1, and

the further expansion of the gases will rotate the wheel, until the vane reaches the oint g in Fig. 1, when the gases exhaust into the air. v

At the lower part of the wheel. or disk, is arranged an incline a for closing the vanes before they reach thecharging point.

In the present embodiment of the invention, the Wheel or disk is shown as provided with four vanes, and with this construction, the explosive compound is always acting on one vane. Air is compressed in the tank 7' by means of the pump ;0 arranged on the side of the casing and operatedby an eccentrio t on the shaft a. This air is mixed with the gasolene or other fuel from the tank u, and is fed through the :coils in to the recesses b.

I claim 1. In a rotary engine, a rotor comprising a disk having spaced recesses in the periphery thereof, swinging vanes for normally closing the recesses, the outer surfaces of said vanes corresponding to the periphery of the disk, said vanes being eccentrically pivoted, means for introducing a charge into the recess, means for exploding said. charge, whereby to swing said vanes outwardly, and a casing inclosing the rotor whose walls conform to the figure described by the vane in its movement with the disk, said casing having an exhaust opening approximatel opposite the point where the charge is a mitted. p

2. In a rotary engine, a rotor comprising a disk having spaced recesses in the periphery thereof, swinging vanes for normally closing the recesses, the outer surfaces of said vanes registering with the periphery of the disk, said vanes being eccentrlcally pivoted, means for introducing a charge into the recess, means for exploding said charge whereby to swing said vanes outwardly, a casing inclosing the rotor whose walls conform to the figure described by the vane in its movement with the disk, said casing havin an exhaust opening approximately opposite the point where the charge is admitte and a stop for limiting the outward swinging of the vane.

3. In a rotary engine, a rotor comprising a disk having spaced recesses in the eri hery thereof, swinging vanes normal y c osmg the recesses, a casing inclosing the rotor whose walls conform to the figure described by the vane in its movement with the disk,

ing'a charge to the recesses during their passage thereby, and means for exploding the charge whereby to swing the vanes outmeans on. one side of the casing for introducrecess, a casing inclosing the rotor Whose Walls conform to the figure described by the ,-vane in its movement with thedisk, means for introducing a charge into the recess during the movement I admitted.

ALBERT JOHN CHA itnesses: I

'C. F. SIMMERMAKER, F. J. OASTERLINE.

of the rotor, and means 1 for exploding the charge whereby to swing 5 the vane outwardly, said casing having an exhaust opening spaced apart circumferentially from the point Where the charge is 1 RLTON, 

